In HTML5, how can I keep an Android device’s screen on?

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We are developing an App in HTML5 using jQuery.

Is there a way/method, in JavaScript or another technology, to keep the screen "on"?

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6 Answers

Google's WebVR polyfill has a way to do this on Chrome. It basically creates a tiny video (with a data URL, so no extra downloads needed) and loops it.

It seems like a hack, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's not reliable in the future.

They have code that achieves the same thing on iOS too, by triggering a location update.

Here's the relevant code for Android:

var Util={};
Util.base64 = function(mimeType, base64) {
  return 'data:' + mimeType + ';base64,' + base64;
};

var video = document.createElement('video');
  video.setAttribute('loop', '');

  function addSourceToVideo(element, type, dataURI) {
    var source = document.createElement('source');
    source.src = dataURI;
    source.type = 'video/' + type;
    element.appendChild(source);
  }

  addSourceToVideo(video,'webm', Util.base64('video/webm', 'GkXfo0AgQoaBAUL3gQFC8oEEQvOBCEKCQAR3ZWJtQoeBAkKFgQIYU4BnQI0VSalmQCgq17FAAw9CQE2AQAZ3aGFtbXlXQUAGd2hhbW15RIlACECPQAAAAAAAFlSua0AxrkAu14EBY8WBAZyBACK1nEADdW5khkAFVl9WUDglhohAA1ZQOIOBAeBABrCBCLqBCB9DtnVAIueBAKNAHIEAAIAwAQCdASoIAAgAAUAmJaQAA3AA/vz0AAA='));
  addSourceToVideo(video, 'mp4', Util.base64('video/mp4', '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'));

video.play();

user_3154350

The future answer - because it's experimental now - is to use the new API called: Screen Wake Lock API

I think you can mix it with previous workaround answers

// Create a reference for the Wake Lock.
let wakeLock = null;

// create an async function to request a wake lock
try {
  wakeLock = await navigator.wakeLock.request('screen');
  statusElem.textContent = 'Wake Lock is active!';
} catch (err) {
  // try other solutions here ...
}

You can follow the support of this feature here

user_83794370

Keeping the device on does not depend on the OS but on the browser. Chrome is in the process of implementing Wake Lock API, but it is still experimental.

Until fully available, there is a way to mock the api by playing a base64 video in the background. This locks the sleep mode with all browsers.

You can find a webcomponent implementation here https://github.com/madeInLagny/mil-no-sleep

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